Experienced photographer Jennifer Gilbert will take participants through what judges look for when reviewing photographs in an image competition. This usually includes vision, impact composition and technical aspects. Jennifer will review what each of these mean and how you can look at your own work through a constructive lens.

There will also be an opportunity for feedback on images (note that Jennifer is not judging this year’s BFMA Juried Photography Show).

Jennifer Gilbert MPA has been a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada since 2011 where she earned her Master of Photographic Arts. She is also a nationally accredited judge with the PPOC and has judged both regional and national image competitions. She has also been asked to judge competitions for the Accredited Professional Newborn Photographers International association and was a juror for the 2025 BFMA Juried Photography Show. Jennifer is also a speaker and published photographer.

Jennifer has been working professionally since 2008 and holds Accreditations for Family Portrait, Child Portrait and Executive Business Portrait photography. She has also earned Merits for her artistic work in the PPOC’s National Image Competition. She is based out of Tottenham, Ontario where she has a thriving Family Portrait Photography business at https://www.jennifergilbert.ca. When she is not photographing clients, she seeks out various landscapes and is drawn towards the Aurora Borealis, night sky, sunsets and mountains.